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Article written by nofi in Featured Stories, PS3 News, PS3 Rumours, on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 19:00.
The next firmware update looks like it’s going to feature Facebook, according to the images below taken directly from playstation.com. Along with some kind of integration with the social behemoth, the XMB will also feature a new way to view photographs and what appears to be new colours for your Gamercards.
For reference, the links (currently still valid) are http://uk.playstation.com/media/244960/image.jpg, http://uk.playstation.com/media/244961/image.jpg and http://uk.playstation.com/media/244974/image.jpg – and are in Portugese. The Facebook screen looks like a setting, rather than just a link.
Interesting, huh?
Update: English screen added, text says: “Adjust settings for features in Facebook. These features are available only for users who have Facebook accounts.”
Cheers, Cjdamon042, via ScrawlFX.
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Spotter5 | 11/11/2009 19:05
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Sweet, Hope they will add a twitter support too.
BalramRules | 11/11/2009 19:27
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NICE! This is just AWESOME!
davidjmclare | 11/11/2009 19:46
always on easy
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TWITTER!!!!! @thestudentview
tom_lord | 11/11/2009 20:17
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haha, plug plug plug
Deathbrin | 12/11/2009 06:36
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Automatic. Trophy. Tweeting. Yeah, that would make my day.
Uncharted 2 tweeting is rather underpowered, it doesn’t tell what exactly you did, and instead of “from UNCHARTED2″ you get “from API”, which is also annoying.
mynameisblair | 11/11/2009 19:05
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Looks sexy as hell!
Although… it will just be a link to the internet browser like iPlayer.
DaveyJam | 11/11/2009 19:09
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I don’t think so – why would a link to a site have it’s own options menu?
mynameisblair | 11/11/2009 19:13
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Good point.
eye8have9you3 | 11/11/2009 19:24
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its probably just setting for the auto login stuff, i mean what other settings does facebook have?
Roynaldo | 11/11/2009 19:09
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Probably, never tried connecting to Facebook through PS3. Suppose its worth trying out now to confirm your thoughts.
Kings | 11/11/2009 19:53
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Facebook has like zero compatibility with the current browser, it sucks.
minerwilly | 11/11/2009 23:06
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Yea Kings is correct , you can look at Facebook but cant write anything .
iNsAnE_gAmInG | 11/11/2009 19:08
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Cool. The colours thing is a nice addition but Facebook will just be a shortcut like iPlayer as blair has just said.
mynameisblair | 11/11/2009 19:16
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But Davey pointed out… it has its own options menu.
dev3k | 11/11/2009 19:09
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hopefully twitter next
3shirts | 11/11/2009 19:12
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Twitter would be much easier as the API is freely available. Uncharted 2 already has an option to post twitter updates based on your progress in game
dev3k | 11/11/2009 19:19
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yah its much easier , but i dont know uncharted 2 twitter updates kinda annoying
Raen | 11/11/2009 20:28
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Facebook Connect is the open API for Facebook, so it wouldn’t be an issue. Facebook Connect is just less well known.
3shirts | 11/11/2009 19:09
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As mynameisblair said ‘Integration’ might be too strong an implication. I suspect just a PS3 formatted version like iPlayer. It would be cool if we could link accounts to post screenshots, automatic updates and trophy status etc but I doubt that, at least not straight away.
carlosfilippsen | 11/11/2009 19:10
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That is great! I hope it isnt just a link to the website like BBC iPlayer because facebook on the Xbox 360 is great and I hope it will be just as good on the PS3.
cc_star | 11/11/2009 19:11
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Can anyone make out what the text says under the FB icon, stick it in Google translate and then we might know if its an app or shortcut
nofi | 11/11/2009 19:12
Wants a custom tag.
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First word is ‘adjust’ I’ll wager.
carlosfilippsen | 11/11/2009 19:14
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I can speak portuguese. My mum is from brazil but I will need a microscope to see what that says. If you zoom in the picture it just goes blurry.
nofi | 11/11/2009 19:15
Wants a custom tag.
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LOL, I have it in English, hang on.
gordon_strange | 11/11/2009 19:12
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lolzzz i had just read this weeks ‘what if…?’ and felt a bit downcast but now im happy! i feel this is yet another step in th right direction for sony and no more grey boxes!!!!
dnbob | 11/11/2009 19:12
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HEAVY!
dnbob | 11/11/2009 19:14
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still not gettin the ability to play music while gaming tho
BetaGhast | 11/11/2009 21:54
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Who wants to tell him? *COUGHYOUCANONSOMEGAMESCOUGH*
Doofer_Nasenmann | 12/11/2009 07:15
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Yeah, as BetaGhast said, you already can. But the game developers have to put it in the specific game. Wipeout has it and LBP has it in create mode. There are more but I dont recall them right now. Its still early…
kevatron400 | 12/11/2009 12:46
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Burnout’s got custom soundtracks too.
Alex_Assassin_08 | 11/11/2009 19:14
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the Facebook logo clearly isn’t in the settings menu, its in the account information menu.
Remember when we were promised Facebook integration ages ago?
This will be a setitng you switch on or off in your user information.
I’m guessing it will update when you start playing a game and when you buy a game.
Awesome
rossthebassist | 11/11/2009 23:35
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may even add your trophy information as an application to facebook. which would be kool
fernandolins | 11/11/2009 19:15
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Hi, the text on the Facebook screenshot is in Portuguese. It says “Adjust configurations (settings) for Facebook functionalities. This feature is only available to users who have an account on Facebook”.
cc_star | 11/11/2009 19:16
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Awesome – Thanks.
fernandolins | 11/11/2009 19:17
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Looks like one won’t be able to register, so it’s probably not just a link. I guess you’ll enter your account details (user/pass/other) and it will update telling your friends about trophies, games you’ve been playing and other stuff. Doing this for twitter would be *really* easy too.
maximiliano | 12/11/2009 00:24
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Hey, where are you from, portuguese speaker? Just curiosity.
baconsarnie | 11/11/2009 19:15
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Nice to see extra features being added, not sure how much i would use it though. A twitter able you are able to use through the in-game XMB would be even better!
Sympozium Necropolis | 11/11/2009 19:16
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Thursday maintenance > SCEE surprise? > Facebook > all new About me > Avatars!?
(Surprise could be Metal Gear?)
cc_star | 11/11/2009 19:17
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Now if they could just get the PSN working – I’ve got games (well MW2) to play on my games console
minerwilly | 11/11/2009 23:10
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yea nice one Kotick , we gave you your sodding billions and in return …… is this why the RRP was so expensive so you could thoroughly test the game before releasing .
cc_star | 11/11/2009 23:47
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PSN not having enough capacity isn’t really anything to do with a dev it’s down to Sony
hazelam | 12/11/2009 08:33
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but putting out patches that break more than they fix is down to the devs.